Full Text of HB4774 103rd General Assembly
HB4774 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB4774 Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 820 ILCS 405/612 | from Ch. 48, par. 442 |
| Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that with respect to a week of unemployment beginning on or after March 15, 2020 (rather than beginning on or after March 15, 2020, and before September 4, 2021 (including any week of unemployment beginning on or after January 1, 2021 and on or before June 25, 2021)) benefits shall be payable to an individual on the basis of wages for employment in other than an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity performed for an educational institution or an educational service agency under specified circumstances, as long as the individual is otherwise eligible for benefits. |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning employment. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 612 as follows: | 6 | | (820 ILCS 405/612) (from Ch. 48, par. 442) | 7 | | Sec. 612. Academic personnel; ineligibility between | 8 | | academic years or terms. | 9 | | A. Benefits based on wages for services which are | 10 | | employment under the provisions of Sections 211.1, 211.2, and | 11 | | 302C shall be payable in the same amount, on the same terms, | 12 | | and subject to the same conditions as benefits payable on the | 13 | | basis of wages for other services which are employment under | 14 | | this Act; except that: | 15 | | 1. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on | 16 | | the basis of wages for employment in an instructional, | 17 | | research, or principal administrative capacity performed | 18 | | for an institution of higher education, for any week which | 19 | | begins during the period between two successive academic | 20 | | years, or during a similar period between two regular | 21 | | terms, whether or not successive, or during a period of | 22 | | paid sabbatical leave provided for in the individual's | 23 | | contract, if the individual has a contract or contracts to |
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| 1 | | perform services in any such capacity for any institution | 2 | | or institutions of higher education for both such academic | 3 | | years or both such terms. | 4 | | This paragraph 1 shall apply with respect to any week | 5 | | which begins prior to January 1, 1978. | 6 | | 2. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on | 7 | | the basis of wages for service in employment in any | 8 | | capacity other than those referred to in paragraph 1, | 9 | | performed for an institution of higher learning, for any | 10 | | week which begins after September 30, 1983, during a | 11 | | period between two successive academic years or terms, if | 12 | | the individual performed such service in the first of such | 13 | | academic years or terms and there is a reasonable | 14 | | assurance that the individual will perform such service in | 15 | | the second of such academic years or terms. | 16 | | 3. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on | 17 | | the basis of wages for service in employment in any | 18 | | capacity other than those referred to in paragraph 1, | 19 | | performed for an institution of higher education, for any | 20 | | week which begins after January 5, 1985, during an | 21 | | established and customary vacation period or holiday | 22 | | recess, if the individual performed such service in the | 23 | | period immediately before such vacation period or holiday | 24 | | recess and there is a reasonable assurance that the | 25 | | individual will perform such service in the period | 26 | | immediately following such vacation period or holiday |
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| 1 | | recess. | 2 | | B. Benefits based on wages for services which are | 3 | | employment under the provisions of Sections 211.1 and 211.2 | 4 | | shall be payable in the same amount, on the same terms, and | 5 | | subject to the same conditions, as benefits payable on the | 6 | | basis of wages for other services which are employment under | 7 | | this Act, except that: | 8 | | 1. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on | 9 | | the basis of wages for service in employment in an | 10 | | instructional, research, or principal administrative | 11 | | capacity performed for an educational institution, for any | 12 | | week which begins after December 31, 1977, during a period | 13 | | between two successive academic years, or during a similar | 14 | | period between two regular terms, whether or not | 15 | | successive, or during a period of paid sabbatical leave | 16 | | provided for in the individual's contract, if the | 17 | | individual performed such service in the first of such | 18 | | academic years (or terms) and if there is a contract or a | 19 | | reasonable assurance that the individual will perform | 20 | | service in any such capacity for any educational | 21 | | institution in the second of such academic years (or | 22 | | terms). | 23 | | 2. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on | 24 | | the basis of wages for service in employment in any | 25 | | capacity other than those referred to in paragraph 1, | 26 | | performed for an educational institution, for any week |
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| 1 | | which begins after December 31, 1977, during a period | 2 | | between two successive academic years or terms, if the | 3 | | individual performed such service in the first of such | 4 | | academic years or terms and there is a reasonable | 5 | | assurance that the individual will perform such service in | 6 | | the second of such academic years or terms. | 7 | | 3. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on | 8 | | the basis of wages for service in employment in any | 9 | | capacity performed for an educational institution, for any | 10 | | week which begins after January 5, 1985, during an | 11 | | established and customary vacation period or holiday | 12 | | recess, if the individual performed such service in the | 13 | | period immediately before such vacation period or holiday | 14 | | recess and there is a reasonable assurance that the | 15 | | individual will perform such service in the period | 16 | | immediately following such vacation period or holiday | 17 | | recess. | 18 | | 4. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits on | 19 | | the basis of wages for service in employment in any | 20 | | capacity performed in an educational institution while in | 21 | | the employ of an educational service agency for any week | 22 | | which begins after January 5, 1985, (a) during a period | 23 | | between two successive academic years or terms, if the | 24 | | individual performed such service in the first of such | 25 | | academic years or terms and there is a reasonable | 26 | | assurance that the individual will perform such service in |
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| 1 | | the second of such academic years or terms; and (b) during | 2 | | an established and customary vacation period or holiday | 3 | | recess, if the individual performed such service in the | 4 | | period immediately before such vacation period or holiday | 5 | | recess and there is a reasonable assurance that the | 6 | | individual will perform such service in the period | 7 | | immediately following such vacation period or holiday | 8 | | recess. The term "educational service agency" means a | 9 | | governmental agency or governmental entity which is | 10 | | established and operated exclusively for the purpose of | 11 | | providing such services to one or more educational | 12 | | institutions. | 13 | | C. 1. If benefits are denied to any individual under the | 14 | | provisions of paragraph 2 of either subsection A or B of this | 15 | | Section for any week which begins on or after September 3, 1982 | 16 | | and such individual is not offered a bona fide opportunity to | 17 | | perform such services for the educational institution for the | 18 | | second of such academic years or terms, such individual shall | 19 | | be entitled to a retroactive payment of benefits for each week | 20 | | for which the individual filed a timely claim for benefits as | 21 | | determined by the rules and regulations issued by the Director | 22 | | for the filing of claims for benefits, provided that such | 23 | | benefits were denied solely because of the provisions of | 24 | | paragraph 2 of either subsection A or B of this Section. | 25 | | 2. If benefits on the basis of wages for service in | 26 | | employment in other than an instructional, research, or |
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| 1 | | principal administrative capacity performed in an educational | 2 | | institution while in the employ of an educational service | 3 | | agency are denied to any individual under the provisions of | 4 | | subparagraph (a) of paragraph 4 of subsection B and such | 5 | | individual is not offered a bona fide opportunity to perform | 6 | | such services in an educational institution while in the | 7 | | employ of an educational service agency for the second of such | 8 | | academic years or terms, such individual shall be entitled to | 9 | | a retroactive payment of benefits for each week for which the | 10 | | individual filed a timely claim for benefits as determined by | 11 | | the rules and regulations issued by the Director for the | 12 | | filing of claims for benefits, provided that such benefits | 13 | | were denied solely because of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 4 | 14 | | of subsection B of this Section. | 15 | | D. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section or | 16 | | paragraph 2 of subsection C of Section 500 to the contrary, | 17 | | with respect to a week of unemployment beginning on or after | 18 | | March 15, 2020, and before September 4, 2021 (including any | 19 | | week of unemployment beginning on or after January 1, 2021 and | 20 | | on or before June 25, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act | 21 | | 102-26)), benefits shall be payable to an individual on the | 22 | | basis of wages for employment in other than an instructional, | 23 | | research, or principal administrative capacity performed for | 24 | | an educational institution or an educational service agency | 25 | | under any of the circumstances described in this Section, to | 26 | | the extent permitted under Section 3304(a)(6) of the Federal |
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| 1 | | Unemployment Tax Act, as long as the individual is otherwise | 2 | | eligible for benefits. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 101-633, eff. 6-5-20; 102-26, eff. 6-25-21; | 4 | | 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.) |
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